Adaptive Action Labs

Lab Information

Cost:
The cost is specific to each lab, but we do have group rates available.

Day and Time:
The date and time varies for each lab. Please view the list of labs to determine specific dates and times.

Lab Information

Join these monthly adaptive action labs for learning and engagement.

Cost:
The cost is specific to each lab, but we do have group rates available.

Day and Time:
The date and time varies for each lab. Please view the list of labs to determine specific dates and times.

What is an Adaptive Action Lab?

An Adaptive Action Lab (AA Lab) brings the best of consulting and training into a single event. It is a work session, as opposed to a training session. As a participant, you define and work on your most intractable challenge. Then you learn about human systems dynamics (HSD) as you apply your new learning to frame your challenge in a way that points to your best next wise action. You leave the session with two tangible outcomes. First, you have a clear plan for moving forward in your challenge. Second, you carry with you a new perspective and effective models and methods that help you address your next challenge.

Join us in an AA Lab to learn how HSD can help you leverage the complexity of your challenges to create powerful energy for change.

Upcoming Adaptive Action Labs

ESME II: Essential Skills in Action

April 2 - May 28, 2019 | Online

Do you work in the health professions? Are you stuck? Get unstuck. The International Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) joins with the HSD Institute to support educational and institutional leaders of future and current health professionals.

Innovate Today: Adaptive Action and Creative Responses

April 23, 24, 26, 2019 | 12p - 2p (cdt) | Online

You recognize that innovation is no longer an option, it’s a necessity. You know that it has become the required response to a quickly changing and highly diverse landscape. In-the-moment innovation is often key to organizational survival and success.

Simplifying Complex Change

May 16 - 17, 2019 | 9a - 4:30p (pst) | Royal Roads University

Everyone knows we are living in chaotic times. Politics, community, economy, technology, environment—all of our most important systems become more unpredictable every day. Some people know how to recognize and name the special features of complex systems. The problem is that those descriptions are often complicated and confusing. Even when you understand complexity, it isn’t easy to figure out what to do to thrive in the chaos.

Many people see ambiguity, cognitive overload, and helplessness at the intersection of complexity science and human systems. They worry about unpredictable surprises, and they fear the loss of control that mark VUCA (volatile, unpredictable, complex, and ambiguous) environments. But there is an alternative approach. It is possible to do good work in complex adaptive systems without denying or fighting their inherent uncertainty.

Leverage Difference: Adaptive Action Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

May 28, 29, 31, 2019 | 12p - 2p (cdt) | Online

You encounter difference everywhere--different ideas, different experiences, different beliefs, different lifestyles, and different goals. Today’s complex world brings diversity into almost every area of your life.

You recognize the urgency for groups to work together to create a shared future. Yet, the challenges are great. Many forces influence every decision and outcome. Groups are more diverse. History shapes today’s actions and informs future patterns. Differences that emerge often create high stakes for those who are involved.

Stand in Inquiry with Clients: Adaptive Action and Consulting in the 21st Century

September 24, 25, 27, 2019 | 12p - 2p (cdt) | Online

As a consultant, you are expected to take an expert stance—find out what’s wrong, provide the solution, and then coach members of the team as they implement that solution. You are expected to know all the interventions and to offer best answers to leaders who ask for your help.

Adaptive Action and Emergent Networks

November 19, 20, 22, 2019 | 12p - 2p (cst) | Online

You often connect with others to complete projects, share interests, or create social change. You connect through a network of formal and informal exchanges that share energy and other resources to accomplish your goals.

Work Across Differences: Adaptive Action and Collaboration

December 17, 18, 20, 2019 | 12p - 2p (cdt) | Online

In the complexity that makes up your life, it is easy to use the differences that are important to you to describe or define the uniqueness of groups and individuals. Differences can be the energy points for significant change. Your challenges often arise, however, when those dividing lines of difference serve only to separate and divide.

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